Key NATO and Allied exercises in 2019
Information supplied by NATO Public Diplomacy Division
In addition to military exercises, the
Alliance organises civilian and political
training events as well. Allies also train
together in national and multi-national
exercises.
NATO AND ALLIED
EXERCISES IN NUMBERS
In 2018, NATO conducted 103 exercises
with 51 NATO exercises open to
partners. In addition, Allies separately
held 183 national and multinational
exercises.
NATO Allies and partners conduct
exercises to test procedures and
tactics, develop best practices and
identify areas for improvement.
Exercises are designed to ensure
that NATO forces are trained, able
to operate together and ready to
respond to any threat from any
direction.
NATO exercises vary in scope,
duration and form. Live exercises can
involve thousands of troops; they
aim to demonstrate and develop the
extensive military capabilities that
NATO Allies need to keep our nations
safe. Computer-assisted exercises
take place in a classroom and focus
on procedures.
For 2019, a total of 102 NATO exercises
are planned; 39 of them are open to
partner participation. Allies reported
that they will conduct 208 national
and multinational exercises. The
exercises led by NATO and Allies this
year include around 25 exercises
primarily focused on the land domain,
27 exercises focused on the air
domain, and 12 exercises focused
mainly on maritime operations. Many
other exercises train specific functions
or skills such as cyber defence, crisis
response decision-making, Chemical,
Biological, Radiological Nuclear
defense, logistics, communications
and medical.
TRANSPARENCY
The Alliance respects all its
international obligations with regard
to military exercises. Under the OSCE
Vienna Document, exercises must be
notified by their host nations to OSCE
member states 42 days in advance if
exceeding 9,000 troops. Observation
is required starting at 13,000 troops.
In line with these requirements,
NATO military exercises are open to
international observers.
Many NATO exercises are open
to partners beyond the Alliance.
International organisations, including
the European Union, are also invited
to observe or participate in NATO
exercises. As part of this commitment
to transparency, NATO exercises are
announced months in advance and
published at: www.shape.nato.int/
exercises
All of this highlights the defensive
and transparent nature of our training
activities.
EXERCISE DATE LOCATION
RAMSTEIN GUARD Every Month Different locations
DYNAMIC MANTA 25 February – 9 March Italy / Mediterranean Sea
POSEIDON 1 – 8 March Black Sea
NATO-GEORGIA EXERCISE 18 – 29 March Georgia
LOCKED SHIELDS 9 – 11 April Estonia
RAMSTEIN ALLOY 1, 2 and 3 15 – 17 April / 24 – 26 June / 17 – 19 September Baltic States
JOINT WARRIOR 22 April – 5 May United Kingdom
SPRING STORM 29 April – 10 May Estonia
NOBLE JUMP 19 24 May – 14 June NATO HQs / Poland
SUMMER SHIELD 2 – 15 June Latvia
BALTOPS 3 – 22 June Poland and Baltic Sea
SABER GUARDIAN 3 – 24 June Bulgaria / Romania / Hungary
TOBRUQ LEGACY 19 3 – 19 June Poland
DYNAMIC MONGOOSE 22 June – 11 July Norway
TRIDENT JACKAL 19 23 September – 10 October Norway / Spain
STEADFAST FLOW 19 23 – 27 September Turkey
CYBER COALITION 18 – 23 November Estonia
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